05-31-2009, 07:01 PM
<b>Purchasing power falls more than 50 per cent</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->ISLAMABAD: The earnings of ordinary fixed-income Pakistanis, especially pensioners, have reduced in real terms to half due to falling purchasing power of the rupee and skyrocketing inflation during 2008-09.
This indicates that now, consumers can buy 50 per cent less with the same amount what they could a year back.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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